these words. Evidently the first authentic news he had heard. No wonder he was heartbroken.
prayed. Nehemiah a man of prayer. Compare Neh_4:4, Neh_4:5; Neh_5:19; Neh_6:9, Neh_6:14; Neh_13:14, Neh_13:22, Neh_13:29, Neh_13:31.
God of heaven. See note on 2Ch_36:23. This title peculiar to the "times of the Gentiles", when God dwells no longer "between the Cherubim", but acts as from a distance. Hebrew. Elohim.App-4and compare the title "Lord of all the earth" in Zec_6:5, when He again claims the land, as in Jos_3:11, Jos_3:13. See note on 2Ch_36:23.